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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Joint  \Joint\,  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Jointed};  p.  pr  &  vb  n. 
  {Jointing}.] 
  1.  To  unite  by  a  joint  or  joints;  to  fit  together;  to  prepare 
  so  as  to  fit  together;  as  to  joint  boards. 
 
  Pierced  through  the  yielding  planks  of  jointed  wood. 
  --Pope. 
 
  2.  To  join  to  connect;  to  unite;  to  combine. 
 
  Jointing  their  force  'gainst  C[ae]sar.  --Shak. 
 
  3.  To  provide  with  a  joint  or  joints;  to  articulate. 
 
  The  fingers  are  jointed  together  for  motion.  --Ray. 
 
  4.  To  separate  the  joints;  of  to  divide  at  the  joint  or 
  joints;  to  disjoint;  to  cut  up  into  joints,  as  meat.  ``He 
  joints  the  neck.''  --Dryden. 
 
  Quartering,  jointing,  seething,  and  roasting. 
  --Holland. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Jointing  \Joint"ing\,  n. 
  The  act  or  process  of  making  a  joint;  also  the  joints  thus 
  produced. 
 
  {Jointing  machine},  a  planing  machine  for  wood  used  in 
  furniture  and  piano  factories,  etc 
 
  {Jointing  plane}.  See  {Jointer},  2. 
 
  {Jointing  rule}  (Masonry),  a  long  straight  rule  used  by 
  bricklayers  for  securing  straight  joints  and  faces. 




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